Lake Kissimmee State Park, State park in central Florida, United States.
Lake Kissimmee State Park is a protected area in central Florida that combines lakes, wetlands, forests, and prairie habitats into one landscape. The park encompasses Kissimmee Lake along with two smaller bodies of water set within oak and pine woodlands.
Lake Kissimmee State Park was established on 7 January 1970. Its Cow Camp is a living-history site that recreates an 1876 cattle camp, stocked with Florida scrub cattle. The local herdsmen were known as Cracker Cowboys, or "Cow Hunters". The camp opens on weekends and holidays from the first weekend in October through 1 May.
Local cattlemen were called Cracker Cowboys or "Cow Hunters." The park's Cow Camp is a living-history site depicting an 1876 cattle camp, with Florida scrub cattle on view. It opens weekends and holidays from the first weekend in October through May 1.
The park lies north of State Road 60, about 15 miles east of Lake Wales, and stays open from 7:00 am until sundown all year. It holds 13 miles of hiking and multi-use trails plus 6 miles of horse trails and fishing docks. Sixty full-facility campsites sit in an oak hammock, with two primitive sites and a youth camping area.
The park's bird list includes the whooping crane, one of the rarest cranes in the world, alongside the bald eagle and snail kite. The snail kite feeds almost exclusively on apple snails, which it plucks from the park's lakes and marshes.
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